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JiflBCESTER, MASS., WEDNESMX, DECEMBER 12, 1956
ACTOR MELVYN DOUGLAS WELCOMED BY WOMEN'S GROUP
From left, Mrs. Marvin Bauin, Mrs. Martin J. Grace and Mr. Douglas
Actor Melvyn Douglas
Is Picketed at Hotel
More than a dozen pickets
protested the appearance this
afternoon at Hotel Bancroft
of Melvyn Douglas, stage and
screen actor.
The pickets, carrying placards and passing out circulars',
paraded around the hotel and
across- the street on Front
street for about two hours.
Mr. Douglas was in Worcester to address the Worcester.
Chapter of Hadassah and to
receive a Hadassah Medical
Center Wall of Healing Certificate.
The placards said "Melvyn
Douglas, Communist, G o
Home." ' Thcv were signed
"Spirit Of 1776."
Denies Rcil Charge
Mr. Douglas, upon his arrival, emphatically said he was
not a Communist and knew of
no grounds for the picketing.
Anthony P. Hmura of 43
CinliTbury St., spokesman for
the pickets, would not identify
the organization which ordered
the men out.
He said, however, that the
cause for the picketing was that
Mr. Douglas is a ''Commie."
Asked how he knew, he replied, "We have the evidence."
Wears Vets' Cap Other pickets referred to
Mr. Hmura as the "Commander." He wore an olive green
veterans' cap with commander
and ' "AMVETS" inscribed on
Mr. Hmura is editor and
publisher of the "Spirit oil
17.76:" the circular passed outl
by the pickets.
Mr. Douglas said the picket-
ing appeared "libelous" and
added that he would find out
who was behind it and hir
a lawyer..
Questioned if there were
any reason's for some persons
to believe he was a Com-
munisi, Mr. Douglas said there
Scores Nixon and Backers
. He said that "Nixon and hisl
cohorts" have inferred that itl
I was true across the country
He added, that at the Con-
CLUB COSMO
'FLOOR SHOW TOMTS
featuring STAK AlTlllClKlV
PRINCESS EMAR
PROTEST
Anthony P.
ACTORS WORCESTER IA1.K
Hmura, left, and Roy Mnrpiiy.

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JiflBCESTER, MASS., WEDNESMX, DECEMBER 12, 1956
ACTOR MELVYN DOUGLAS WELCOMED BY WOMEN'S GROUP
From left, Mrs. Marvin Bauin, Mrs. Martin J. Grace and Mr. Douglas
Actor Melvyn Douglas
Is Picketed at Hotel
More than a dozen pickets
protested the appearance this
afternoon at Hotel Bancroft
of Melvyn Douglas, stage and
screen actor.
The pickets, carrying placards and passing out circulars',
paraded around the hotel and
across- the street on Front
street for about two hours.
Mr. Douglas was in Worcester to address the Worcester.
Chapter of Hadassah and to
receive a Hadassah Medical
Center Wall of Healing Certificate.
The placards said "Melvyn
Douglas, Communist, G o
Home." ' Thcv were signed
"Spirit Of 1776."
Denies Rcil Charge
Mr. Douglas, upon his arrival, emphatically said he was
not a Communist and knew of
no grounds for the picketing.
Anthony P. Hmura of 43
CinliTbury St., spokesman for
the pickets, would not identify
the organization which ordered
the men out.
He said, however, that the
cause for the picketing was that
Mr. Douglas is a ''Commie."
Asked how he knew, he replied, "We have the evidence."
Wears Vets' Cap Other pickets referred to
Mr. Hmura as the "Commander." He wore an olive green
veterans' cap with commander
and ' "AMVETS" inscribed on
Mr. Hmura is editor and
publisher of the "Spirit oil
17.76:" the circular passed outl
by the pickets.
Mr. Douglas said the picket-
ing appeared "libelous" and
added that he would find out
who was behind it and hir
a lawyer..
Questioned if there were
any reason's for some persons
to believe he was a Com-
munisi, Mr. Douglas said there
Scores Nixon and Backers
. He said that "Nixon and hisl
cohorts" have inferred that itl
I was true across the country
He added, that at the Con-
CLUB COSMO
'FLOOR SHOW TOMTS
featuring STAK AlTlllClKlV
PRINCESS EMAR
PROTEST
Anthony P.
ACTORS WORCESTER IA1.K
Hmura, left, and Roy Mnrpiiy.